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Book cover of ALEX RIDER NIGHT SHADE 12
ALEX RIDER NIGHT SHADE 12
By: anthony horowitz | Published: April 2020

Teen spy Alex Rider is sent to a maximum security facility in Gibraltar to impersonate Julius Grief while seeking information about a new criminal...

Teen spy Alex Rider is sent to a maximum security facility in Gibraltar to impersonate Julius Grief while seeking information about a new criminal organization called Nightshade.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9780593115312
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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AUNT PEARL
By: monica kulling | Published: August 2019

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her...

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family.? Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules. As the weeks pass, Pearl grows quieter and more withdrawn, until, one morning, she is gone.? Acclaimed author Monica Kulling brings sensitivity to this story about homelessness, family and love, beautifully illustrated in Irene Luxbacher's rich collage style.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781773061535
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book
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BEGINNERS WELCOME
By: cindy baldwin | Published: February 2020

It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his...

It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his favorite songs, there's shaving cream in the sink every morning, and the TV keeps flipping to the Duke basketball games he loved. She knows Mama notices it too, but Mama's been working around the clock to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Annie Lee's friends ditched her over the summer. She feels completely alone--until she meets Mitch. Though Mitch is tough and confident on the outside, she may need a friend just as badly as Annie Lee. But after losing so much, Annie Lee is afraid to let anyone get too close. And Mitch isn't the only friend trying to break through Annie Lee's defenses. Ray, an elderly pianist who plays at a local mall, has been giving her piano lessons. His music is pure magic, and Annie Lee hopes it might be the key to healing her broken heart. But when Ray goes missing, searching for him means breaking a promise to Mitch. Faced with once again losing those who mean the most to her, Annie Lee must make a choice: retreat back into her shell, or risk admitting how much she needs Mitch and Ray--even if it means getting hurt all over again.

Theme: Poverty, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9780062665898
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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BIRD CHILD
By: nan forler | Published: August 2009

When Eliza first witnesses a group of children bullying a new girl named Lainey, she is too afraid to speak up to help her, but when she eventually...

When Eliza first witnesses a group of children bullying a new girl named Lainey, she is too afraid to speak up to help her, but when she eventually finds the strength to stick up for Lainey, other children do the same.

Theme: Poverty, Bullying issues, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9780887768941
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book - Advanced
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BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED
By: echo brown | Published: January 2022

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . ....

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she's worked for. Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited is a transcendent coming-of-age story.

Theme: Poverty, Prejudice & Racism, Magical Realism

  • ISBN
    9781250763549
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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CARDBOARD CITY
By: katarina jovanovic | Published: June 2023

Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in...

Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in Belgrade, Serbia.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism, Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781990598104
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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CLEANING UP
By: leanne lieberman | Published: April 2023

Jess cleans houses to save money for college, because her dad -- unemployed and off the wagon yet again -- has moved the two of them out of the city...

Jess cleans houses to save money for college, because her dad -- unemployed and off the wagon yet again -- has moved the two of them out of the city into a decrepit borrowed tent and trailer. Jess wavers between anger at her father and fear that poverty and addiction may be her fate, too, and she decides she will do whatever it takes to avoid it. She gets a gig cleaning a gorgeous country home and discovers the trashed bedroom of the teenaged daughter, Quinn. Jess wonders how a girl with a perfect life - private school, horseback riding - could have wrecked such a beautiful room. As she cleans, she finds troubling clues - including, tucked behind the bed, a diary. Gradually Jess learns that Quinn's life is not what it's supposed to be. Jess begins to imagine becoming friends with Quinn, and when she begins to write down a new story for Quinn, she risks turning her back on the opportunities that are right in front of her - new friends, new interests, a fresh beginning.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781773068060
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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COYOTE QUEEN
By: jessica vitalis | Published: October 2023

Desperate for the prize money to escape her mother's abusive boyfriend, twelve-year-old Fud enters a beauty pageant, but her eerie connection to...

Desperate for the prize money to escape her mother's abusive boyfriend, twelve-year-old Fud enters a beauty pageant, but her eerie connection to nearby coyotes helps her see who she is meant to be, and who she can truly save.

Theme: Diversity, Poverty, Bullying issues

  • ISBN
    9780063314405
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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Book cover of CRENSHAW
CRENSHAW
By: katherine applegate | Published: September 2017

Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister,...

Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?

Theme: Poverty, Social Justice

  • ISBN
    9781250091666
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$11.99
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CRUMBS
By: phil cummings | Published: October 2023

A powerful, yet gentle, story of kindness and compassion. On a wintry city street, a one-legged bird dances for crumbs to eat . . . but Ella has...

A powerful, yet gentle, story of kindness and compassion. On a wintry city street, a one-legged bird dances for crumbs to eat . . . but Ella has nothing to give. Then her father shows how a simple act of human kindness can spread joy to all.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781443199698
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Picture Book
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DEAR WENDY
By: ann zhao | Published: April 2024

Aromantic and asexual students Sophie and Jo, engaged in an online feud as the creators of popular relationship advice accounts "Dear Wendy" and...

Aromantic and asexual students Sophie and Jo, engaged in an online feud as the creators of popular relationship advice accounts "Dear Wendy" and "Sincerely Wanda," unwittingly become real-life friends and navigate their shared aroace identities as they face the challenges of college life.

Theme: LGBTQ2S+, Poverty, Asexual, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9781250885005
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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Book cover of FIREFLY
FIREFLY
By: philippa dowding | Published: February 2021

A thirteen-year-old girl who prefers homelessness to living with her abusive mother is sent to live with an aunt, whose costume shop helps her...

A thirteen-year-old girl who prefers homelessness to living with her abusive mother is sent to live with an aunt, whose costume shop helps her discover who she is, and what a family is.

Theme: Poverty, Family Relationships

  • ISBN
    9781770865983
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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FREE LUNCH
By: rex ogle | Published: September 2019

"A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism."—Kirkus (starred review) Free Lunch is the story of Rex...

"A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism."—Kirkus (starred review) Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle’s first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school’s free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rex’s is a compelling story of a more profound hunger—that of a child for his parents’ love and care. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told with the voice and point of view of a 6th-grade kid, Free Lunch is a remarkable debut by a gifted storyteller.

Theme: Poverty, Based on True Events

  • ISBN
    9781324003601
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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Book cover of FRESH NEW FACE OF GRISELDA
FRESH NEW FACE OF GRISELDA
By: jennifer torres | Published: October 2019

A moving coming-of-age novel about one girl's struggles after her parents lose their home, and her journey to find hope in family and friendship,...

A moving coming-of-age novel about one girl's struggles after her parents lose their home, and her journey to find hope in family and friendship, from Jennifer Torres, the author of Stef Soto, Taco Queen. Griselda "Geez" Zaragoza has a love for beautiful things, like her collection of vintage teacups and the flower garden she and her dad planted in the front yard. But when his business fails, Griselda loses not just her home, but also her confidence and her trust in her unflappable parents. Tagging along with big sister Maribel, who postponed college for a job selling Alma Cosmetics, Geez dreams up a way to reclaim the life she thinks she lost. If she can sell enough tubes of glistening, glittery Alma lip gloss, she'll win a cash prize that could help jump start her dad's business. With ups and downs along the way, Geez will discover that beauty isn't just lost or found, but made and re-made.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9780316452601
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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FRONT DESK 01
By: kelly yang | Published: May 2018

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern...

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.

Theme: Diversity, Poverty, Asian Heritage, Immigration

  • ISBN
    9781338157796
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$25.99
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